CVE-2018-1000613
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs 1.58 up to but not including 1.60 contains a CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in XMSS/XMSS^MT private key deserialization that can result in Deserializing an XMSS/XMSS^MT private key can result in the execution of unexpected code. This attack appear to be exploitable via A handcrafted private key can include references to unexpected classes which will be picked up from the class path for the executing application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.60 and later.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.77% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-470 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (24)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bouncycastle | bc-java |
| netapp | oncommand workflow automation |
| opensuse | leap |
| oracle | api gateway |
| oracle | banking platform |
| oracle | business process management suite |
| oracle | business transaction management |
| oracle | communications application session controller |
| oracle | communications converged application server |
| oracle | communications convergence |
| oracle | communications diameter signaling router |
| oracle | communications webrtc session controller |
| oracle | data integrator |
| oracle | enterprise manager base platform |
| oracle | enterprise manager for fusion middleware |
| oracle | enterprise repository |
| oracle | managed file transfer |
| oracle | peoplesoft enterprise peopletools |
| oracle | retail convenience and fuel pos software |
| oracle | retail xstore point of service |
| oracle | soa suite |
| oracle | utilities network management system |
| oracle | webcenter portal |
| oracle | weblogic server |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00011.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00011.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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